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>i propose that people pay for music before putting it on their >devices. how do we accomplish that?? i think education is a >good place.
Proposal noted and promptly ignored by Emily, and the rest of the world.
>nah...u aint gotta imprison em. what do people get for >stealing fruit???
The first time it's a misdemeanor - probably pay a fine - or if's it's real expensive furit - probation. The second time they might get a month in jail (which are overcrowded by enforcing all the drug enforcement laws and now, a legion of music theives). The third time they're repeat offenders - which might make it a felony. So local time - 12 months or less. The fourth time they're 2 or 3 strikes into it , so a few years. And the next time, in California it's prison for 20 years.
Emily stole 11,000 MP3s. She'd be in prison until the sun burns out.
>this is semantics. i'm no lawyer but i think i could argue >the contrary. because digital files are EXACT...copies >implies degradation. a digital "copy" is essentially the >EXACT same thing as the original. there were music execs at >the dawn of CDs who said "you realize we are selling our >masters right?"
No , they are COPIES!!!! Copies are NOT THE ORIGINAL!!! If you think it's semantics then you're a wors-er person even than Emily is.
>and for fun...name another industry where unauthorized copies >are allowed to exist (dj drama anyone????)
YOU AREN'T ****ALLOWED*** TO DOWNLOAD MP3S YOU DIDN'T PURCHASE AT ALL RIGHT NOW. AND DJ DRAMA WAS SELLING HIS UNAUTHORIZED COPIES OF THE MUSIC.
SEE , SELLING COPIES IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. DOWNLOADING MP3S IS IS A CIVIL VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAW.
Is that just semantics too? (I hope the all caps made it seem like I was yelling.)
>blah blah blah...i'm no big business advocate. i'm advocating >for the artists! >we supposed to take our moral cues from sony and apple. i'm >talking bout people stealing music. > >(i shoulda ended the conversation when you said nothing was >being stolen... legal bs)
So violating the law, like you say, is just legal BS? Sounds like Emily thinks that too.
>you wanna impress me...walk out the restaurant the next time u >dont like the meal or tell the cabbie his ride was too >bumpy.... otherwise yall are all....
Not paying for a meal isn't against a criminal law violation - it's a civil law. And , just like with MP3s, you can be SUED for it. This provides a lot of cases on The People's court. (This and bad haircuts.)
And did you not see where the music industry has been suing people for download unauthorized MP3s?
(I believe not paying a cabbie is an a violation of most states/cities law. )
Or did you mean that the chef or cabbie would beat you with their fists. Why not beat the shit out of Emily and see if unauthorized downloads stop.
>well my point with montsanto is that peoples "property rights" >are stringently enforced when its big business. and yeah >stealing food is ok to me because food is like air and water >homey...u die without it. smh. you have internalized >societies assumption that food SHOULD cost money. that aint >absolute truth
No, YOU "have internalized societies assumption that " MUSIC " SHOULD cost money. that aint absolute truth"
>i do music...have thousands of dollars in software....no >cracks...paid for everything. > >the free ones is out there for the taking > >what would happen if everyone started stealing all >software/???
Thank god they stopped software piracy completely.
Face it, you've got no solution to this - you just feel it's a moral injustice.
Legislate it, like the RIAAA wants, fine everyone $10,000 per illegal download, and give BMG the power to shut down internet sites and restrict search results from any site on the Internet.
And don't worry, Emily will grow old and die in an America where there is no safety net. She'll get cancer, get dropped by insurance and die in a room surrounded by her collection of MP3s. Oh- the irony.
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